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12th-century Japanese poets

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The list 12th-century Japanese poets includes Shunzei's Daughter, Princess Shikishi, Jakuren, Minamoto no Shunrai and Minamoto no Yorimasa. The list consists of 34 members.

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    Princess Shikishi

    Japanese classical poet
    Princess Shikishi
    Overview: Princess Shikishi or Shokushi (式子内親王 Shikishi/Shokushi Naishinnō) (1149 – March 1, 1201) was a Japanese classical poet, who lived during the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. She was the third d ...
    Date of death: 1201
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Fujiwara no Teika

    Japanese poet and court noble
    Fujiwara no Teika
    Overview: Fujiwara Sadaie (藤原定家), better-known as Fujiwara no Teika (1162 – September 26, 1241), was a Japanese anthologist, calligrapher, literary critic, novelist, poet, and scribe of the late Heian and early ...
    Date of birth: 1162
    Date of death: 26 September 1241
    Age: 79 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Writer
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    Emperor Sutoku

    Emperor of Japan
    Emperor Sutoku
    Overview: Emperor Sutoku (崇徳天皇, Sutoku-tennō, July 7, 1119 – September 14, 1164) was the 75th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
    Date of birth: 7 July 1119
    Date of death: 14 September 1164
    Age: 45 (age at death)
    Occupation: Royalty
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    Fujiwara no Ieyoshi

    Japanese poet
    Overview: Fujiwara no Ieyoshi (藤原家良 1192 - 1264) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the Heian period and early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry ...
    Date of birth: 1192
    Date of death: 1264
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
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    Overview: Fujiwara no Akinaka (藤原 顕仲; 1059–1129) was a Japanese nobleman and waka poet of the Heian period.
    Date of birth: 1059
    Date of death: 1129
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
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    Overview: Fujiwara no Hideyoshi (藤原秀能 1184 - 1240) was a Heian period waka poet and Japanese nobleman. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-six Poetry Immortals. Hideyoshi served as Naidaijin.
    Date of birth: 1184
    Date of death: 1240
    Age: 55 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
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    Fujiwara no Akisuke
    Overview: Fujiwara no Akisuke (藤原顕輔, 1090–1155) was a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. A member of the Fujiwara clan, he was also ...
    Date of birth: 1090
    Date of death: 1155
    Age: 64 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
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    Shun'e

    Japanese poet (1113 – c. 1191)
    Shun'e
    Overview: Shun'e (俊恵, also read Sun'e; 1113 – c. 1191), also known as Tayū no Kimi (大夫公), was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He p ...
    Date of birth: 1113
    Date of death: 1191
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
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    Dōin
    Overview: Dōin (道因, 1090 — c. 1179; given name Fujiwara no Atsuyori) was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, and forty-one of his poems ...
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
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    Asukai Masatsune

    Japanese poet (1170–1221)
    Asukai Masatsune
    Overview: Asukai Masatsune (飛鳥井雅経, born 1170, died 1221) was a Japanese waka poet of the early Kamakura period. He was also an accomplished kemari player. and one of his poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin ...
    Date of birth: 1170
    Date of death: 1221
    Age: 50 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Male
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    Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
    Overview: Fujiwara no Kiyosuke (藤原清輔, 1104-1177) was a Japanese waka poet and poetry scholar of the late Heian period.
    Date of birth: 1104
    Date of death: 1177
    Age: 72 (age at death)
    Occupation: Poet
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    Nōin

    Japanese poet
    Nōin
    Overview: Tachibana no Nagayasu (橘永愷, 988 – c.), also known was Nōin (能因), was a Japanese poet and monk of the late Heian period.
    Occupation: Poet
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    Gyōson

    Japanese monk and poet (c. 1056 – 1135)
    Gyōson
    Overview: Gyōson (行尊, 1055/1057—21 March 1135), also known as the Abbot of Byōdō-in (平等院大僧正, Byōdō-in Dai Sōjō), was a Japanese Tendai monk and waka poet of the late-Heian period. He became chief prelate of ...
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Male
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    Nijōin no Sanuki
    Overview: Lady Sanuki, attendant to retired Emperor Nijō (二条院讃岐, Nijō-in no Sanuki, c. 1141 – 1217) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active in the late-Heian and early-Kamakura period. She was a co ...
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Suō no Naishi
    Overview: Suō no Naishi (周防内侍, dates unknown, but probably died around 1110; given name Taira no Nakako) was a Japanese waka poet of the late-Heian period. One of her poems was included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu ...
    Date of death: 1110
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Shunzei's Daughter

    Japanese, Writer
    Overview: Fujiwara no Shunzei no Musume (藤原俊成女, "Fujiwara no Shunzei's daughter"; also occasionally called 藤原俊成卿女, 皇(太)后宮大夫俊成(卿)女 or 越部禅尼), 1171? – 1252?, was a Japanese poet; she was probably the greatest ...
    Date of birth: 1171
    Date of death: 1252
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Jakuren

    Japanese poet
    Jakuren
    Overview: Jakuren (寂蓮) (also known as Fujiwara no Sadanaga (藤原定長) before becoming a monk) (1139–1202) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and poet. He was adopted by the noted poet Fujiwara no Shunzei upon the death ...
    Date of birth: 1139
    Date of death: 1202
    Age: 62 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Writer
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    Fujiwara no Ietaka

    Japanese poet (1158–1237)
    Fujiwara no Ietaka
    Overview: Fujiwara no Ietaka (藤原家隆, 1158 – May 5, 1237) was an early Kamakura period Japanese waka poet. Several of his poems are included in the Shin Kokin Wakashū. He was related by marriage to Jakuren ...
    Date of birth: 1158
    Date of death: 1237
    Age: 78 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Writer
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    Minamoto no Shunrai

    Japanese, Writer
    Minamoto no Shunrai
    Overview: Minamoto no Shunrai also Minamoto Toshiyori (源 俊頼, 1055 – January 29, 1129) was an important and innovative Japanese poet, who compiled the Gosen Wakashū. He was the son of Minamoto no Tsunenobu (1016 ...
    Date of birth: 1055
    Date of death: 1129
    Age: 73 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Writer
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    Minamoto no Yorimasa

    12th-century Japanese poet and military commander
    Minamoto no Yorimasa
    Overview: Minamoto no Yorimasa (源 頼政) (1106–20 June 1180) was a prominent Japanese poet whose works appeared in various anthologies. He served eight different emperors in his long career, holding posts such as hyōgo ...
    Date of birth: 1106
    Date of death: 1180
    Age: 73 (age at death)
    Nationality: Japanese
    Occupation: Writer
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